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Lubec; 1494.] GERMAN BIBLES. 57
describecl; having at top * bomUe ttt tte boe&e falnmont0.’ At the end of
the second book of Maccabees;
Il)pr cnticgljct jsicfi tiat mibcc Rocfi Oct* S^acfjafjcen
Mn tiar to affc Rocfic tieg oltien tcftamcntc^.
having nearly a similar eonclusion, in larger characters, beneath. Then
commences the Gospel of St. Matthew, preceded by St. Jerom’s epistle,
witli the cut before mentioned. The volume concludes on the recto
of the last leaf, almost at the bottom of the second column, with a
long colophon ; of whicli the last ten lines are here subjoined.
mn ofi affcr i)cmmcfocfjc rpij
fccrjsfcop Oprcfic toi banfinamicfjcit. miit incfficrcr fjufpc
tjn PorfiitiOinsffc Opt fjifgijc Incrfi in cnc ffttfpc ticr ffil
gffcn mcnc fouc^cfjcn licrficn. mit grotcr atfjtingfjc iJit
ijfitc gftcfictcrt io. lnl gnmtifificn aucrgijcocen. tmntie
mit Ocfjsfcn crnc fiofiotattcn gpctiruchct. tmtic gclicpfiftcn
tntffcfiracijt. normititicf.ot JMeffen arntic^. in iier&ep^
otati fttRtcfi f[nt iar tm£c£ fjcrcn s^.cecc.rciui*
tjp tic tiaci) tier ififgfjcn toctictocn gunte ^li^afietlj. tic
tiar toa^ tic rir- tiaci) tico mantcn $ouemfitig.
From Seelen, as before referred to, it would appear that the intrin-
sic value of this impression is very considerable. In former times the
Low German language was the usual vehicle for a vernacular version
of the Scriptures; so that the present text is no trivial help for the un-
derstanding of some of the earlier editions of Luther’s Bible. Although
some parts of the commentary may not bear the test of scvere critical
investigation, yet there are others not void of propriety and sound
sense ; and, considering the age in which it was probably composed, it
breathes a spirit of liberality not usual in the ancient times of Papacy.
Seelen tells us to compare some parts of the gloss with tlxe graphic
illustrations ; and reminds us of the cut of eating the forbidden fruit,
as noticed byMayer. See his Selecta Litteraria; p.173, 213, 225, 226,
238; where, at the commencement of the dissertation, he remarks
upon the rarity of the impression.
These are magnificent volumes, adorned with large wood-cuts, many
of them very spiritedly designed and engraved. There are running
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describecl; having at top * bomUe ttt tte boe&e falnmont0.’ At the end of
the second book of Maccabees;
Il)pr cnticgljct jsicfi tiat mibcc Rocfi Oct* S^acfjafjcen
Mn tiar to affc Rocfic tieg oltien tcftamcntc^.
having nearly a similar eonclusion, in larger characters, beneath. Then
commences the Gospel of St. Matthew, preceded by St. Jerom’s epistle,
witli the cut before mentioned. The volume concludes on the recto
of the last leaf, almost at the bottom of the second column, with a
long colophon ; of whicli the last ten lines are here subjoined.
mn ofi affcr i)cmmcfocfjc rpij
fccrjsfcop Oprcfic toi banfinamicfjcit. miit incfficrcr fjufpc
tjn PorfiitiOinsffc Opt fjifgijc Incrfi in cnc ffttfpc ticr ffil
gffcn mcnc fouc^cfjcn licrficn. mit grotcr atfjtingfjc iJit
ijfitc gftcfictcrt io. lnl gnmtifificn aucrgijcocen. tmntie
mit Ocfjsfcn crnc fiofiotattcn gpctiruchct. tmtic gclicpfiftcn
tntffcfiracijt. normititicf.ot JMeffen arntic^. in iier&ep^
otati fttRtcfi f[nt iar tm£c£ fjcrcn s^.cecc.rciui*
tjp tic tiaci) tier ififgfjcn toctictocn gunte ^li^afietlj. tic
tiar toa^ tic rir- tiaci) tico mantcn $ouemfitig.
From Seelen, as before referred to, it would appear that the intrin-
sic value of this impression is very considerable. In former times the
Low German language was the usual vehicle for a vernacular version
of the Scriptures; so that the present text is no trivial help for the un-
derstanding of some of the earlier editions of Luther’s Bible. Although
some parts of the commentary may not bear the test of scvere critical
investigation, yet there are others not void of propriety and sound
sense ; and, considering the age in which it was probably composed, it
breathes a spirit of liberality not usual in the ancient times of Papacy.
Seelen tells us to compare some parts of the gloss with tlxe graphic
illustrations ; and reminds us of the cut of eating the forbidden fruit,
as noticed byMayer. See his Selecta Litteraria; p.173, 213, 225, 226,
238; where, at the commencement of the dissertation, he remarks
upon the rarity of the impression.
These are magnificent volumes, adorned with large wood-cuts, many
of them very spiritedly designed and engraved. There are running
VOL. i.
x